Essay Prompts for Friday's Timed Writing:
1) Compare demographic and environmental effects of the Columbian Exchange on the
Americas with the Columbian Exchange’s demographic and environmental effects on
ONE of the following regions between 1492 and 1750.
Africa
Asia
Europe
2) In what ways did Asian cultural changes in the early modern era parallel those of Europe, and in what ways were they different?
3) Why did the Scientific Revolution occur in Europe rather than in China or the Islamic world?

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Washington, DC

------------------------------------Monday January 21, 2013 - No School MLK Day

QUOTE OF THE WEEK: "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction ... The chain reaction of evil -- hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars -- must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation." - Martin Luther King, Jr. from Strength To Love, 1963.
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Quote of the Day: "I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self." - Martin LutherLearning Targets CH. 16 - Science & Religion:- Examine the early modern roots of modern tension between religion and science- Compare the Reformation movements in Europe and their significance- Analyze the global spread of Christianity and the extent to which it syncretized with native traditions- Expand the discussion of religious change to include religious movements in China, India, and the Islamic world- Understand the reasons behind the Scientific Revolution in Europe, and why that movement was limited in other parts of the world- Examine the implications of the Scientific Revolution for world societies Essential Questions:
1. Why did Christianity take hold in some places more than in others?
2. In what ways was the missionary message of Christianity shaped by the cultures of Asian and American peoples?
3. Compare the processes by which Christianity and Islam became world religions.
4. In what ways did the spread of Christianity, Islam, and modern science give rise to culturally based conflicts?
5. Based on Chapters 13 through 16, how does the history of Islam in the early modern era challenge a Eurocentric understanding of those centuries?

Agenda:
1. Quiz Chapter 16.Do Now Question after quiz: In what ways did the Protestant Reformation transform European society, culture, and politics?
2. Review Quiz answers, discuss topics in the chapter and how Science & Religious change compared in this era.
3. Introduce the Reformation. Notes: Protestant ReformationAndrew Marr's History of the World: Revolution (Introduction)
------------------------------------Wednesday & Thursday January 23 & 24, 2013Quote: "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo GalileiLearning Targets CH. 16 - Science & Religion:- Examine the early modern roots of modern tension between religion and science- Compare the Reformation movements in Europe and their significance- Analyze the global spread of Christianity and the extent to which it syncretized with native traditions- Expand the discussion of religious change to include religious movements in China, India, and the Islamic world- Understand the reasons behind the Scientific Revolution in Europe, and why that movement was limited in other parts of the world- Examine the implications of the Scientific Revolution for world societies Essential Questions:
1. Why did Christianity take hold in some places more than in others?
2. In what ways was the missionary message of Christianity shaped by the cultures of Asian and American peoples?
3. Compare the processes by which Christianity and Islam became world religions.
4. In what ways did the spread of Christianity, Islam, and modern science give rise to culturally based conflicts?
5. Based on Chapters 13 through 16, how does the history of Islam in the early modern era challenge a Eurocentric understanding of those centuries?

Agenda:
1. Do Now Question: How does the Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment compare to the Protestant Reformation? What characteristics did they share in common?
2. Notes, Video, Discussion:
- Protestant Reformation
- Reformation in England
- Scientific Revolution
- The Enlightenment
Finish Andrew Marr's History of the World: Revolution (Introduction)
3. How to write the Comparative Essay: Review from last semester.

Assignment:
Study Chapter 14-15-16 and prep for the comparative essay prompts. One of the 3 will be chosen at the beginning of the period for the timed writing:
1) Compare demographic and environmental effects of the Columbian Exchange on the
Americas with the Columbian Exchange’s demographic and environmental effects on
ONE of the following regions between 1492 and 1750.
Africa
Asia
Europe
2) In what ways did Asian cultural changes in the early modern era parallel those of Europe, and in what ways were they different?
3) Why did the Scientific Revolution occur in Europe rather than in China or the Islamic world?

Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, and science communicator.

------------------------------------Friday, January 25th, 2013Quote: “An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Agenda:Timed Writing - Comparison Essay: Chapter 16 "Religion & Science."
One of these 3 questions will be chosen randomly for each period:
1) Compare demographic and environmental effects of the Columbian Exchange on the
Americas with the Columbian Exchange’s demographic and environmental effects on
ONE of the following regions between 1492 and 1750.
Africa
Asia
Europe
2) In what ways did Asian cultural changes in the early modern era parallel those of Europe, and in what ways were they different?
3) Why did the Scientific Revolution occur in Europe rather than in China or the Islamic world?Assignment:Monday - Chapter 17 - Atlantic Revolutions Quiz.